Keep Wakulla County Beautiful has a youth board

Caden Grubel, at the front of the classroom, leads at discussion at the founding of the Keep Wakulla County Beautiful youth board.

By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Keep Wakulla County Beautifulโ€™s (KWCB) youth board held its foundersโ€™ meeting with a full meeting room a couple of weeks ago at the Wakulla Environmental Institute in Crawfordville.

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First day of school

These Shadeville Elementary students head inside on the first day of school, Monday, Aug. 10, which was an early release day. Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre issued a statement giving โ€œa huge shout-out and thank you to our bus drivers and van drivers for an amazing first day of school!โ€ Myhre noted that some bus routes were a little longer, and some buses were more crowded than others, but no bus left campus over capacity and all students arrived home safely.

Head of teachers union is pleased with district offer

WCTA president
Cassandra Johnson

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla Classroom Teachers Association president Cassandra Johnson was effusive in her praise of the superintendent and school board in salary negotiations for this year: the offer was an increase for teacher salaries from monies from the Legislature with a match from the district, plus increase in supplements.

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Welcome back

from Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre

School Superintendent
Rick Myhre

Greetings Wakulla County,

All communities provide public education, but few support and cherish their schools the way Wakulla County does. Perhaps that is because, for so many of us, these schools helped shape who we are, and we have purposefully chosen to raise our children here as well.

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Meet the new school staff

District Office
Kalli Brand, Nicole Messick, Elizabeth Porter

Administration Changes:

  • Tim Wheeler (former principal of Shadeville Elementary) is the new District Administrator of Athletics at Wakulla High School
  • Eden Rodgers (former Assistant Principal at Shadeville Elementary) is the new Principal at Shadeville Elementary
  • Sarojanie Samlal is the new Assistant Principal at Shadeville Elementary.
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Myhre gives report at Chamber lunch event

Wakulla Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre spoke before a crowd of about 100 Chamber of Commerce members last week at the community center about issues related to local schools.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla Superintendent of Schools warned that he was going to brag on the school system at a Chamber luncheon event last week slugged as the State of Education.
At the Tuesday, July 14 event at the community center attended by about 75 people, Myhre did just that, boasting that Wakulla is the highest performing district in the Big Bend, No. 1 in graduation rate in the state, and No. 1 in middle school acceleration.

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